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Sheiler
@sheilerama.bsky.social
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Expat American living in la belle province. The mean but fun part of Canada. She/her…she/ler.
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I stopped reading political non-fiction the past few years but wow, not this. A great read re: Russia's Illegals, and how accomplished they were until they killed everybody, only to re-do. It's like the ultimate zombie story about spies.
The Illegals by Shaun Walker. Russia's most audacious spies and their century-long mission to infiltrate the west.
October 23, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Celebrating Thanksgiving in Canada a day early. Thank you, Canada.
October 12, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Dan Pfeiffer made me laugh this morning. www.messageboxnews.com/p/why-everyo...
Highlighted section from a paragraph: The online Trump flunkies and White House staff are completely humorless, which helps explain why Greg Gutfeld is their patron saint of comedy. (note: this is the part that made me laugh). The rest of the paragraph reads: Newsom isn’t imitating Trump—he’s satirizing him. The whole point of the posts is to show how absurd Trump’s social media really is. The fact that the Right is freaking out about Newsom while applauding Trump says it all.
August 21, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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Can't bear the news right now, the tanking US economy? How about a little pep me up? Tim Walz + Beto O'Rourke having a no-holds-barred town hall in Houston, wanting to hear from people about what was important to them, how to unfck the Dem party. Pumped UP. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZck...
Beto O'Rourke talking while on stage to a multi-racial crowd of Texans while Tim Walz drinks water on the side.
April 4, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Wife planning to make spaghetti sauce and this guy decided to make a break for it. #oregano
Potted oregano plant grows a very long strand that pushes against my office window, as if to flee.
April 1, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Tweet saying Alpha Male the early version of a male, before testing and bug fixes. Unstable and not suitable for the public.
March 12, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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I was so nervous when the author of Number Go Up decided to spend his own money, a large sum, to buy an NFT gorilla so he could attend the lamest goddang party (to report on it). Crypto, NFTs, effective altruism, and more. What a fuckin' page turner the whole book is. www.google.com/books/editio...
Number go up. Inside Crypto's wild rise and staggering fall by Zeke Faux.
March 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Lifted from my friends at Balloon-Juice. Elon banned this cartoonist from posting this cartoon on Xhitter. Because he's such a free speech advocate. /s
This cartoon got Luckovich banner from Twitter, so we know the taunts are working Elon's last nerve. The cartoon depicts Elon Musk in front of an endless stash of money in bags, one entitled Fed. funds Musk Gets. He stands before three starving children holding out their bowls, the bowls have notes on them saying World's Poorest. The cartoon shows a speech bubble coming from Elon's mouth telling the starving children: No More Free Lunch!
February 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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1st thing on my screen this morning ...such a welcome relief. No more need for Adobe for this. Might seem small but it's bugged me since I updated my mac and was sifting through questions about continuing with Adobe. Wonder if it will it work on official docs in Canada? #FIREFOX
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February 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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Took a while but finally some good cheddar in Quebec. Wifey calls it Balderdash like making it extra English. When the store sold out of it, she, a francophone, yelled at the clerk about when was Balderdash back in stock. Hijinks ensued. Only on my part. #buyingCanadian
February 1, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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It’s like that old saying…”cake in the morning, shepherd’s warning: cake at night shepherd’s delight.”
A piece of chocolate cake topped with buttercream frosting on a plate with a fork and some crumbs on the plate
January 28, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day Half Spider

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January 25, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Hulu: In the Arena. Sports documentary about Serena Williams. Even if you've seen the other 2 big things (movie about her Dad; and the mini-thing w her being preggers), this one, EIGHT EPISODES, doesn't lose its steam. I had to pace myself because it was SO GOOD and I didn't want it to end.
Into the Arena showing summaries of the 8 episodes of Serena Williams' rise to tennis glory. 1. Out of the shadow. 2. Into the light. 3. Point of no return. 4. The Deep end. 5. The perfect storm 6. Exodus 7. Love all 8. This is you.
January 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day: Salted Caramel

The Young In One Another's Arms by Jane Rule

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The Young in One Another's Arms by Jane Rule
January 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

New Day: Who 'dis

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The Importance of Being Iceland: Travel Essays in Art, by Eileen Myles
January 17, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day luckymud

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The Cold Cold Ground by Adrian McKinty. The first detective Sean Duffy Novel. The Boston Globe called it "a terrific series."
January 13, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day Curmudgeon

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Sula by Toni Morrison. A banner on the cover says "winner of the Nobel Prize in literature." The cover has an illustration of a black woman, jauntily attired in a black hat with flower, a fox fur stole around her neck, her hand on her hip, clothed in a dress with dusky pink and gold gerbera daisies over black material. Sepia colored birds fly away in the background.
January 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day pinwheel-breathwork

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Naked by David Sedaris. The photo on the cover is a pair of white boxer shorts.
January 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day HamSandwich

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"The Passion," a novel by Jeanette Winterson. The cover shows a woman wearing a golden mask and holding 2 cards: the Ace of spades and Queen of Diamonds. A review-quote by Gore Vidal announces that..."She is the most interesting young writer I have read in twenty years."
January 9, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day (whatnot)

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January 9, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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December 20, 2024 at 1:38 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 4
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Another Bullshit Night in Suck City by Nick Flynn
December 16, 2024 at 12:46 PM
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@kathleenmadigan.bsky.social Maybe Chaka Khan could be Queen for a day at Madigan's Pubcast? She's LOOKING for BIGFOOT. And sounds like she's got enough, straight out of the Jackalope playbook. web.archive.org/web/20240111...
Rolling Stone interviewing Chaka Khan asked her "What has moving to Georgia meant to you?" Her answer was this: "It means everything to me because I got a peace of mind. I'm looking for Bigfoot, I'm looking for Sasquatch because I'm surrounded by this forest and it's just beautiful. I got a lake right here. I'm looking at a lake in the forest every day when I get up. I sit outside and breathe in pure oxygen. I'm drinking tap water from my well. I'm getting ready to plant this summer. I'm going to grow my own vegetables and grow a lot of my own herbs. So I'm looking forward to that. And then I plan to get a couple of horses. And I have plans to live life. Real life."
December 15, 2024 at 1:18 PM
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"Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers."
This is my Day 3
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The Dervish House by Ian McDonald
December 14, 2024 at 6:52 PM
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This is my Day 2
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December 13, 2024 at 12:27 PM