Bob Makichuk 🇨🇦
@bobmakichuk.bsky.social
Edmonton guy in Ottawa. Also a hack guitarist, reformed journalist, and GC head of comms.
Views expressed in posts are mine.
Views expressed in posts are mine.
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Bob Makichuk 🇨🇦
@bobmakichuk.bsky.social
· Nov 18
a cartoon of snoopy and woodstock saying welcome home !!
ALT: a cartoon of snoopy and woodstock saying welcome home !!
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Making the pivot from the dirty bird. Bear with me while I boot up this feed. Appreciate follows as I reconstitute ten years in the other place and revel in some sanity here.
You can always catch the more professional side of my life over on Li. @BobMakichuk
You can always catch the more professional side of my life over on Li. @BobMakichuk
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[August 28th, 1980] Alex Baptie bought a Calgary lot for $30 in 1939. He lived a simple life with his family, owning horses and a service station. He now lives in Bragg Creek, in a log house, and reminisces about his exciting yet simple life in Calgary.
November 26, 2025 at 5:01 AM
[August 28th, 1980] Alex Baptie bought a Calgary lot for $30 in 1939. He lived a simple life with his family, owning horses and a service station. He now lives in Bragg Creek, in a log house, and reminisces about his exciting yet simple life in Calgary.
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I’ll say it again: Trump is driven and informed *only* by what he sees in Hollywood and popular media.
He’s an idiot.
He’s an idiot.
‘Rush Hour 4’ is officially in the works.
This comes after Donald Trump personally requested Paramount to revive the franchise.
This comes after Donald Trump personally requested Paramount to revive the franchise.
November 26, 2025 at 5:08 AM
I’ll say it again: Trump is driven and informed *only* by what he sees in Hollywood and popular media.
He’s an idiot.
He’s an idiot.
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the Doug Mills video embedded in the NYT Trump aging story is pretty amazing
November 26, 2025 at 4:01 AM
the Doug Mills video embedded in the NYT Trump aging story is pretty amazing
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Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
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Everyone commenting this way is getting the cause and effect backward. People are not slobs on planes because the planes are bad and cramped. They're slobs because they're slobs, and it's not worth it for the airlines to do anything to improve beyond the bare minimum they're paying for.
Exactly. But when you run a flying Motel 6, you can’t really complain when folks roll up looking like a Monday after a NASCAR event
November 25, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Everyone commenting this way is getting the cause and effect backward. People are not slobs on planes because the planes are bad and cramped. They're slobs because they're slobs, and it's not worth it for the airlines to do anything to improve beyond the bare minimum they're paying for.
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when trying on pants, do this in the store. then tell the sales associate "the menswear guy told me to do this."
IG mr.funkys0ul
IG mr.funkys0ul
November 25, 2025 at 10:17 AM
when trying on pants, do this in the store. then tell the sales associate "the menswear guy told me to do this."
IG mr.funkys0ul
IG mr.funkys0ul
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This is exactly what you do
With presidents who coup
With presidents who coup
Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro must begin serving his 27-year prison sentence for plotting an attempted coup, Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes has ruled. https://cnn.it/4p1dgDV
November 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This is exactly what you do
With presidents who coup
With presidents who coup
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A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in
‘Rush Hour 4’ is officially in the works.
This comes after Donald Trump personally requested Paramount to revive the franchise.
This comes after Donald Trump personally requested Paramount to revive the franchise.
November 25, 2025 at 6:40 PM
A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in
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Doug: Okay we need another distraction from the Skills Development thing.
Staffer: How about something booze related? People love that.
Doug: No, not everyone likes the wobbly pops. We need something to distract everyone.
Staffer: Cheesecake?
Doug: Done it.
Staffer: I know! Puppies and kittens!
Staffer: How about something booze related? People love that.
Doug: No, not everyone likes the wobbly pops. We need something to distract everyone.
Staffer: Cheesecake?
Doug: Done it.
Staffer: I know! Puppies and kittens!
November 26, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Doug: Okay we need another distraction from the Skills Development thing.
Staffer: How about something booze related? People love that.
Doug: No, not everyone likes the wobbly pops. We need something to distract everyone.
Staffer: Cheesecake?
Doug: Done it.
Staffer: I know! Puppies and kittens!
Staffer: How about something booze related? People love that.
Doug: No, not everyone likes the wobbly pops. We need something to distract everyone.
Staffer: Cheesecake?
Doug: Done it.
Staffer: I know! Puppies and kittens!
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Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
November 26, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
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The thing about Trump stories is that they always have that extra layer of stupidity that you’re not expecting. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
November 26, 2025 at 12:59 AM
The thing about Trump stories is that they always have that extra layer of stupidity that you’re not expecting. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
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If this is true, every halfway decent foreign intelligence service on the planet already has the receipts ….
November 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
If this is true, every halfway decent foreign intelligence service on the planet already has the receipts ….
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can't believe this ancient mesopotamia shoe wearing ass said people need to dress up at the airport
November 26, 2025 at 1:30 AM
can't believe this ancient mesopotamia shoe wearing ass said people need to dress up at the airport
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As always, Drudge shows how the press would cover Trump if Trump were a Democrat and/or they weren't afraid of him.
November 26, 2025 at 12:28 AM
As always, Drudge shows how the press would cover Trump if Trump were a Democrat and/or they weren't afraid of him.
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I appreciate how much of my feed here is occupied by folks using similar tools today.
Relatedly, this photo of me is from this summer, shooting 4x5 film above the Bow Glacier on the Wapta Icefield (Banff Nat’l Park, Alberta).
Relatedly, this photo of me is from this summer, shooting 4x5 film above the Bow Glacier on the Wapta Icefield (Banff Nat’l Park, Alberta).
November 26, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I appreciate how much of my feed here is occupied by folks using similar tools today.
Relatedly, this photo of me is from this summer, shooting 4x5 film above the Bow Glacier on the Wapta Icefield (Banff Nat’l Park, Alberta).
Relatedly, this photo of me is from this summer, shooting 4x5 film above the Bow Glacier on the Wapta Icefield (Banff Nat’l Park, Alberta).
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I love the rush to come up with expanded “Wicked” storylines and films and how it’s being marketed as “We have a responsibility to the fans to make more content”.
I think you meant “responsibility to shareholders to make more money”.
The naked capitalism is almost shocking in its directness.
I think you meant “responsibility to shareholders to make more money”.
The naked capitalism is almost shocking in its directness.
November 26, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I love the rush to come up with expanded “Wicked” storylines and films and how it’s being marketed as “We have a responsibility to the fans to make more content”.
I think you meant “responsibility to shareholders to make more money”.
The naked capitalism is almost shocking in its directness.
I think you meant “responsibility to shareholders to make more money”.
The naked capitalism is almost shocking in its directness.
Nice job @revrecluse.bsky.social collecting these great memories of my heyday at CFRN-TV from @tvnewsman.bsky.social! Imagine when small businesses would actually publish glossy monthly newsletters?
Also a reminder of how great the Sunwapta staff Christmas parties were.
A long gone era.
#yegmedia
Also a reminder of how great the Sunwapta staff Christmas parties were.
A long gone era.
#yegmedia
November 26, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Nice job @revrecluse.bsky.social collecting these great memories of my heyday at CFRN-TV from @tvnewsman.bsky.social! Imagine when small businesses would actually publish glossy monthly newsletters?
Also a reminder of how great the Sunwapta staff Christmas parties were.
A long gone era.
#yegmedia
Also a reminder of how great the Sunwapta staff Christmas parties were.
A long gone era.
#yegmedia
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I love when people tell me “Christmas was just stolen from pagans” as if
1) that were true - it isn’t.
2) they know anything about the history of Christianity and the development of its theology and feast days - they dont.
3) they know about the complicated, nuanced history of paganism -they don’t
1) that were true - it isn’t.
2) they know anything about the history of Christianity and the development of its theology and feast days - they dont.
3) they know about the complicated, nuanced history of paganism -they don’t
November 26, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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Shortly after, my college era garage band did a wicked cover of this song.
Not sure JJ Cale would have appreciated it though. 🎸
Not sure JJ Cale would have appreciated it though. 🎸
November 25, 1977
Eric Clapton releases his fifth solo studio album, “Slowhand”.
The album peaked at #2 on the Billboard 200 chart. 🎶🎤🎸🤘
#ClassicRock
#RockNRoll
#ClassicVinyl
#MusicSky
youtu.be/fdDhV45lYHU?...
Eric Clapton releases his fifth solo studio album, “Slowhand”.
The album peaked at #2 on the Billboard 200 chart. 🎶🎤🎸🤘
#ClassicRock
#RockNRoll
#ClassicVinyl
#MusicSky
youtu.be/fdDhV45lYHU?...
Eric Clapton - Cocaine [Official Live Video)
YouTube video by Eric Clapton
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Shortly after, my college era garage band did a wicked cover of this song.
Not sure JJ Cale would have appreciated it though. 🎸
Not sure JJ Cale would have appreciated it though. 🎸
Our Ottawa Paramedic Service Headquarters show incredible grace, compassion, and care when residents are facing some of the toughest moments of their lives. I was grateful to celebrate many of them with Councillor David Hill for their years of dedicated service and their exceptional contributions.
November 26, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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Oh please just fuck off
November 26, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Oh please just fuck off
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I hope MAGA DOJ appeals, just so discovery into its misconduct can continue pending appeal.
Judge tosses Comey, James cases after finding prosecutor unlawfully appointed
The judge's decision on the appointment of Lindsey Halligan marks a significant setback to efforts to go after the president's perceived political enemies.
www.npr.org
November 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I hope MAGA DOJ appeals, just so discovery into its misconduct can continue pending appeal.
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On this day in 1976, The Band performed their final concert. Called The Last Waltz, it featured many guest performers and was turned into a critically-acclaimed documentary directed by Martin Scorsese. The album produced from the concert reached the top 20 in 11 countries.
November 25, 2025 at 12:30 PM
On this day in 1976, The Band performed their final concert. Called The Last Waltz, it featured many guest performers and was turned into a critically-acclaimed documentary directed by Martin Scorsese. The album produced from the concert reached the top 20 in 11 countries.