Robin Cantin
@rcantin.bsky.social
Personal account. If an opinion strays in here, it's simply mine. In Montréal, mostly. 🇨🇦
Experience Reason Compassion
Experience Reason Compassion
A good wallop to get winter started in Montréal.
November 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
A good wallop to get winter started in Montréal.
Episode 3 of the new season of #TheDiplomat features the Treaty of the Law of the Sea. So of course I had to look that up on #wikipedia.
Turns out 15,000 people viewed that article since the episode came out 5 days ago, when its usual daily traffic is 500!
Turns out 15,000 people viewed that article since the episode came out 5 days ago, when its usual daily traffic is 500!
October 22, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Episode 3 of the new season of #TheDiplomat features the Treaty of the Law of the Sea. So of course I had to look that up on #wikipedia.
Turns out 15,000 people viewed that article since the episode came out 5 days ago, when its usual daily traffic is 500!
Turns out 15,000 people viewed that article since the episode came out 5 days ago, when its usual daily traffic is 500!
Vraiment surpris de voir qu'ils oubrent encore des Kentucky Fried Chicken.
La dernière fois (voilà 10 ans+) ma conjointe et moi avons été malades. Juste trop gras.
La dernière fois (voilà 10 ans+) ma conjointe et moi avons été malades. Juste trop gras.
August 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Vraiment surpris de voir qu'ils oubrent encore des Kentucky Fried Chicken.
La dernière fois (voilà 10 ans+) ma conjointe et moi avons été malades. Juste trop gras.
La dernière fois (voilà 10 ans+) ma conjointe et moi avons été malades. Juste trop gras.
I really miss Rick Mercer's photo challenge, where he posted a photo of a public personality for people to #photoshop. A small, silly pleasure.
Totally unrelated, but here's a photo of U.S. Secretary Howard Lutnick.
Totally unrelated, but here's a photo of U.S. Secretary Howard Lutnick.
July 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I really miss Rick Mercer's photo challenge, where he posted a photo of a public personality for people to #photoshop. A small, silly pleasure.
Totally unrelated, but here's a photo of U.S. Secretary Howard Lutnick.
Totally unrelated, but here's a photo of U.S. Secretary Howard Lutnick.
That looks like an interesting neighbourhood... Bakersfield, California.
Tagging @partialhistorians.bsky.social, seems like something you would appreciate even though not quite Roman.
Tagging @partialhistorians.bsky.social, seems like something you would appreciate even though not quite Roman.
July 19, 2025 at 9:11 PM
That looks like an interesting neighbourhood... Bakersfield, California.
Tagging @partialhistorians.bsky.social, seems like something you would appreciate even though not quite Roman.
Tagging @partialhistorians.bsky.social, seems like something you would appreciate even though not quite Roman.
Happy anniversary of the Roswell Incident (1848).
Air Force Intelligence officer proudly posing with pieces of aluminium foil, from the remains of a flying saucer discovered at a nearby ranch.
Or maybe they're from a weather balloon.
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...
Air Force Intelligence officer proudly posing with pieces of aluminium foil, from the remains of a flying saucer discovered at a nearby ranch.
Or maybe they're from a weather balloon.
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...
July 8, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Happy anniversary of the Roswell Incident (1848).
Air Force Intelligence officer proudly posing with pieces of aluminium foil, from the remains of a flying saucer discovered at a nearby ranch.
Or maybe they're from a weather balloon.
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...
Air Force Intelligence officer proudly posing with pieces of aluminium foil, from the remains of a flying saucer discovered at a nearby ranch.
Or maybe they're from a weather balloon.
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...
He has certainly been lobbying for a position in the Regime...
June 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
He has certainly been lobbying for a position in the Regime...
So, how do we feel about the stock market today?
March 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
So, how do we feel about the stock market today?
Hard to describe how satisfying it is to eat my own freshly made flat bread.
February 2, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Hard to describe how satisfying it is to eat my own freshly made flat bread.
Canadian mood tonight.
February 2, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Canadian mood tonight.
Thankfully a portion of those end up on Wikipedia, where volunteers do everything they can to ensure they'll find correct information.
January 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Thankfully a portion of those end up on Wikipedia, where volunteers do everything they can to ensure they'll find correct information.
Sun rising behind Montréal's Olympic Stadium this morning. The 75 hec Jardin botanique stretching north of the stadium provide a dark foreground in the heart of the city.
December 4, 2024 at 11:42 AM
Sun rising behind Montréal's Olympic Stadium this morning. The 75 hec Jardin botanique stretching north of the stadium provide a dark foreground in the heart of the city.
So the owl pictured on old Athenian coins, Athene noctua, is a distant cousin?
November 17, 2024 at 1:15 AM
So the owl pictured on old Athenian coins, Athene noctua, is a distant cousin?
I can always count on Old Montréal to get me in the mood for holiday shopping.
November 14, 2024 at 10:50 PM
I can always count on Old Montréal to get me in the mood for holiday shopping.
Stade olympique, Montréal
November 13, 2024 at 11:14 AM
Stade olympique, Montréal
Loving Myfanwy MacLeod's Dodo in Old Montreal, near my workplace.
November 8, 2024 at 3:48 PM
Loving Myfanwy MacLeod's Dodo in Old Montreal, near my workplace.
The banality of the banality of evil. Banksy exhibition in Montreal.
November 8, 2024 at 3:46 PM
The banality of the banality of evil. Banksy exhibition in Montreal.
For some reason, when I saw Teargas Alexander at the Banksy exhibition here in Montreal, I thought @partialhistorians.bsky.social would like that!
October 20, 2024 at 12:51 AM
For some reason, when I saw Teargas Alexander at the Banksy exhibition here in Montreal, I thought @partialhistorians.bsky.social would like that!
Spotted yesterday at an otherwise perfectly pleasant festival of Caribean food and music.
July 15, 2024 at 6:03 PM
Spotted yesterday at an otherwise perfectly pleasant festival of Caribean food and music.
Romana Didulo QAnon Queen of Canada is in the media again. People wondering what she's about flocking to Wikipedia.
October 9, 2023 at 12:35 AM
Romana Didulo QAnon Queen of Canada is in the media again. People wondering what she's about flocking to Wikipedia.