Alan MacEachern 🇨🇦
@alanmaceachern.bsky.social
Researcher, writer, & teacher of stuff Canadian, historical, & environmental.
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Like every (?) #skystorian, doing a little Groundhog Day research in the run-up.
Haven't seen this before:
An 1879 Chicago Daily Trib article connecting the holiday not to Pennsylvania Germans but to "our colored brethren."
Haven't seen this before:
An 1879 Chicago Daily Trib article connecting the holiday not to Pennsylvania Germans but to "our colored brethren."
January 27, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Like every (?) #skystorian, doing a little Groundhog Day research in the run-up.
Haven't seen this before:
An 1879 Chicago Daily Trib article connecting the holiday not to Pennsylvania Germans but to "our colored brethren."
Haven't seen this before:
An 1879 Chicago Daily Trib article connecting the holiday not to Pennsylvania Germans but to "our colored brethren."
Spider causes earthquake.
Like the butterfly effect, but creepier.
Like the butterfly effect, but creepier.
January 27, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Spider causes earthquake.
Like the butterfly effect, but creepier.
Like the butterfly effect, but creepier.
Love it when you find a photo for your book.
There's 1/2 a page done.🙂
There's 1/2 a page done.🙂
January 25, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Love it when you find a photo for your book.
There's 1/2 a page done.🙂
There's 1/2 a page done.🙂
Just put a bottle of red wine in the fridge to warm it up.
January 24, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Just put a bottle of red wine in the fridge to warm it up.
We talked pareidolia in #His1840 Graphic History! & now students are sending me faces they see in the world. My email is more fun than usual.
January 22, 2026 at 1:30 PM
We talked pareidolia in #His1840 Graphic History! & now students are sending me faces they see in the world. My email is more fun than usual.
“It’s a pleasure – and a duty – to be with you at this turning point for Canada and for the world. Today, I’ll talk about the rupture in the world order, the end of a nice story….”
Required reading.
www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/spee...
Required reading.
www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/spee...
“Principled and pragmatic: Canada’s path” Prime Minister Carney addresses the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting
Thank you, Larry.It’s a pleasure – and a duty – to be with you at this turning point for Canada and for the world.Today, I’ll talk about the rupture in the world order, the end of a nice story, and th...
www.pm.gc.ca
January 21, 2026 at 2:23 AM
“It’s a pleasure – and a duty – to be with you at this turning point for Canada and for the world. Today, I’ll talk about the rupture in the world order, the end of a nice story….”
Required reading.
www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/spee...
Required reading.
www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/spee...
RB Bennett radio address, 1935: “The old order is gone. It will not return.”
Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "
January 20, 2026 at 4:15 PM
RB Bennett radio address, 1935: “The old order is gone. It will not return.”
Reposted by Alan MacEachern 🇨🇦
Mark your calendars for Tuesday, February 10th at 12:00pm to listen to David Seston, MA student speak on, The Canadian Golden Age: Celebrating the 85th Anniversary of WECA Comics. #westernu
January 19, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Mark your calendars for Tuesday, February 10th at 12:00pm to listen to David Seston, MA student speak on, The Canadian Golden Age: Celebrating the 85th Anniversary of WECA Comics. #westernu
Geopolitically & seasonally apt.
January 17, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Geopolitically & seasonally apt.
It was one of those moments when everything seems to have been said, when it suddenly feels like the present has been used up and nothing is left but a threatening future.
~ Daniel Kehlmann, The Director
~ Daniel Kehlmann, The Director
January 16, 2026 at 12:10 AM
It was one of those moments when everything seems to have been said, when it suddenly feels like the present has been used up and nothing is left but a threatening future.
~ Daniel Kehlmann, The Director
~ Daniel Kehlmann, The Director
People ever use this site to share when good things happen?
Every couple of months, I've been getting lovely notes from strangers who stumble upon Becoming Green Gables. Got one today from an American author. Recharged.
Every couple of months, I've been getting lovely notes from strangers who stumble upon Becoming Green Gables. Got one today from an American author. Recharged.
January 13, 2026 at 6:54 PM
People ever use this site to share when good things happen?
Every couple of months, I've been getting lovely notes from strangers who stumble upon Becoming Green Gables. Got one today from an American author. Recharged.
Every couple of months, I've been getting lovely notes from strangers who stumble upon Becoming Green Gables. Got one today from an American author. Recharged.
7 January 1926 ~
Fine in AM. Snow storm after dinner. Keith went to Stanley with cream. Marion went to Wesley’s to practice. Blowing a gale and bitter cold to-night. Keith and Anita up at the Cosy Corner Rink.
greengablesdiary.ca/diary/2_1924...
Fine in AM. Snow storm after dinner. Keith went to Stanley with cream. Marion went to Wesley’s to practice. Blowing a gale and bitter cold to-night. Keith and Anita up at the Cosy Corner Rink.
greengablesdiary.ca/diary/2_1924...
January 1926 – Green Gables Diary
greengablesdiary.ca
January 7, 2026 at 12:54 PM
7 January 1926 ~
Fine in AM. Snow storm after dinner. Keith went to Stanley with cream. Marion went to Wesley’s to practice. Blowing a gale and bitter cold to-night. Keith and Anita up at the Cosy Corner Rink.
greengablesdiary.ca/diary/2_1924...
Fine in AM. Snow storm after dinner. Keith went to Stanley with cream. Marion went to Wesley’s to practice. Blowing a gale and bitter cold to-night. Keith and Anita up at the Cosy Corner Rink.
greengablesdiary.ca/diary/2_1924...
Reposted by Alan MacEachern 🇨🇦
The Canada Impact+ Research Chair feels like a big middle finger to homegrown research talent & expertise. It turns out that we DO have public $$ to support research & faculty hiring. BUT, if you're a Canadian PhD who actually lives in Canada, tough luck. Nice.
January 5, 2026 at 6:01 PM
The Canada Impact+ Research Chair feels like a big middle finger to homegrown research talent & expertise. It turns out that we DO have public $$ to support research & faculty hiring. BUT, if you're a Canadian PhD who actually lives in Canada, tough luck. Nice.
My evening’s locked & loaded.
December 31, 2025 at 10:29 PM
My evening’s locked & loaded.
Well, it's better than anything I came up with.
December 31, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Well, it's better than anything I came up with.
God grant me the serenity to use AI in my own research, the courage to keep students from using it in theirs, & the wisdom to justify the difference.
December 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
God grant me the serenity to use AI in my own research, the courage to keep students from using it in theirs, & the wisdom to justify the difference.
Shared an elevator with Manute Bol.
Bonus mark:
In the Grand Hyatt, when it was the 1st & only hotel Trump owned.
Bonus mark:
In the Grand Hyatt, when it was the 1st & only hotel Trump owned.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Shared an elevator with Manute Bol.
Bonus mark:
In the Grand Hyatt, when it was the 1st & only hotel Trump owned.
Bonus mark:
In the Grand Hyatt, when it was the 1st & only hotel Trump owned.
Betwixtmas, illustrated.
December 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Betwixtmas, illustrated.
Ever come across a website so delightfully weird you want to share it?
Know your comic book sound effects:
www.comicbookfx.com/fxlist.php
#His1840
Know your comic book sound effects:
www.comicbookfx.com/fxlist.php
#His1840
Comic Book FX - The Comic Book Sound Effect Database
The Comic Book Sound Effect Database is a searchable index and gallery of sound effects from comic books
www.comicbookfx.com
December 28, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Ever come across a website so delightfully weird you want to share it?
Know your comic book sound effects:
www.comicbookfx.com/fxlist.php
#His1840
Know your comic book sound effects:
www.comicbookfx.com/fxlist.php
#His1840
December 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
In its dishonesty cut with absurdity, for me this was the quote of the year.
December 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
In its dishonesty cut with absurdity, for me this was the quote of the year.
Just read.
Whew.
Whew.
December 13, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Just read.
Whew.
Whew.