Brent van Staalduinen | Writer, Resister, Human.
@brentvans.com
Canadian. Award-winning, bestselling novelist (brentvans.com), Husband. Dad. Son. Resister of fascism. Deconstructed/Reconstructing Christian. Forge FC supporter. Human. He/Him.
Check that your furnace and water heater exhaust pipes are clear, y'all. Carbon monoxide is a killer. #hamont #toronto #snowmageddon
January 26, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Check that your furnace and water heater exhaust pipes are clear, y'all. Carbon monoxide is a killer. #hamont #toronto #snowmageddon
And for anyone doubting ICE's white nationalists/far right/white supremacist/christo-fascist recruitment goals, I present the following sample of recruitment dogwhistling imagery. The parallels and intent are clear: they are building a #brownshirt army to terrorize Americans. #fuckice #resist
January 25, 2026 at 2:05 PM
And for anyone doubting ICE's white nationalists/far right/white supremacist/christo-fascist recruitment goals, I present the following sample of recruitment dogwhistling imagery. The parallels and intent are clear: they are building a #brownshirt army to terrorize Americans. #fuckice #resist
Now watch: Wedding’s trial will be tried as a capital case, and he’ll bring the Canadian government into it to try and avoid the death penalty. #bonkers
January 23, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Now watch: Wedding’s trial will be tried as a capital case, and he’ll bring the Canadian government into it to try and avoid the death penalty. #bonkers
I'm so excited for the June 16 launch of The Peace Thieves, a novel about peacekeeping, love, trauma, and the tragic legacies of civil war, with the stellar @thistledownpress.bsky.social! Preorders are live wherever you buy books (go local!), so plan for some great summer #fiction! #novel #canlit
📖ANNOUNCEMENT📖
Thistledown Press has three new titles coming your way in Spring 2026: a poetry collection from Chelsea Coupal, a literary mystery from Connie Gault, and a war fiction novel from @brentvans.com.
Learn more and pre-order here: thistledownpress.com/2026/01/21/c...
Thistledown Press has three new titles coming your way in Spring 2026: a poetry collection from Chelsea Coupal, a literary mystery from Connie Gault, and a war fiction novel from @brentvans.com.
Learn more and pre-order here: thistledownpress.com/2026/01/21/c...
January 22, 2026 at 8:38 PM
I'm so excited for the June 16 launch of The Peace Thieves, a novel about peacekeeping, love, trauma, and the tragic legacies of civil war, with the stellar @thistledownpress.bsky.social! Preorders are live wherever you buy books (go local!), so plan for some great summer #fiction! #novel #canlit
Reposted by Brent van Staalduinen | Writer, Resister, Human.
📖ANNOUNCEMENT📖
Thistledown Press has three new titles coming your way in Spring 2026: a poetry collection from Chelsea Coupal, a literary mystery from Connie Gault, and a war fiction novel from @brentvans.com.
Learn more and pre-order here: thistledownpress.com/2026/01/21/c...
Thistledown Press has three new titles coming your way in Spring 2026: a poetry collection from Chelsea Coupal, a literary mystery from Connie Gault, and a war fiction novel from @brentvans.com.
Learn more and pre-order here: thistledownpress.com/2026/01/21/c...
January 21, 2026 at 7:29 PM
📖ANNOUNCEMENT📖
Thistledown Press has three new titles coming your way in Spring 2026: a poetry collection from Chelsea Coupal, a literary mystery from Connie Gault, and a war fiction novel from @brentvans.com.
Learn more and pre-order here: thistledownpress.com/2026/01/21/c...
Thistledown Press has three new titles coming your way in Spring 2026: a poetry collection from Chelsea Coupal, a literary mystery from Connie Gault, and a war fiction novel from @brentvans.com.
Learn more and pre-order here: thistledownpress.com/2026/01/21/c...
Off. The. Rails. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo2-...
LIVE: Trump’s speech at WEF 2026 in Davos
YouTube video by Associated Press
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January 21, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Off. The. Rails. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo2-...
On a related note, as of this morning, how much more does #pierrepollievre look like an intelligence-starved toddler? Yikes. #davos #elbowsup
January 21, 2026 at 12:19 PM
On a related note, as of this morning, how much more does #pierrepollievre look like an intelligence-starved toddler? Yikes. #davos #elbowsup
Wow. Truth telling.
Would be amazing if European leaders would also start throwing out truth bombs like this. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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 9:26 PM
Wow. Truth telling.
At what point did folks decide to cut Christ out of Christianity?
January 20, 2026 at 1:35 PM
At what point did folks decide to cut Christ out of Christianity?
How would you caption this? Mine: Or, the main reason Christianity is eating itself alive. #captionthis #faith #christianity
January 19, 2026 at 3:53 PM
How would you caption this? Mine: Or, the main reason Christianity is eating itself alive. #captionthis #faith #christianity
Might be a good time to re-petition Unicode for an official grumpy turd emojiI. I can think of a thousand uses for one.
January 17, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Might be a good time to re-petition Unicode for an official grumpy turd emojiI. I can think of a thousand uses for one.
Part of me hopes this summer's #worldcup fizzles spectacularly, both as a finger in the Orange Felon's eye but also to send a wake-up call to #FIFA about courting corruption. I am not optimistic about either, naturally, because Money is the only true superpower these days.
January 16, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Wait. Now it's raw chicken? Are you f'n kidding me?! I guess it's somewhat reassuring that the ones I've seen are all young and (so, so) stupid and probably haven't reproduced yet. #cantfixstupid #darwinawards #sompeopleshouldneverreproduce
January 14, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Wait. Now it's raw chicken? Are you f'n kidding me?! I guess it's somewhat reassuring that the ones I've seen are all young and (so, so) stupid and probably haven't reproduced yet. #cantfixstupid #darwinawards #sompeopleshouldneverreproduce
I'm so glad that #MAGA heroes #ScottAdams and #CharlieKirk aren't alive to see all of this going down. Mostly I'm just glad that that we'll never have to hear their idiotic, hateful voices again.
January 14, 2026 at 3:41 PM
I'm so glad that #MAGA heroes #ScottAdams and #CharlieKirk aren't alive to see all of this going down. Mostly I'm just glad that that we'll never have to hear their idiotic, hateful voices again.
#America, here is your sane, stable, and totally not unhinged president who is totally not bothered by all the pressure twice saying "Fuck you" and flipping off a protester: x.com/TonyD713/sta...
January 13, 2026 at 10:03 PM
#America, here is your sane, stable, and totally not unhinged president who is totally not bothered by all the pressure twice saying "Fuck you" and flipping off a protester: x.com/TonyD713/sta...
Seeing more MAGAites rooting for the #Iranian people. I am, too: the regime is as brutal as they come. But don't MAGAites know that even if the Islamist govt is overthrown, #Iran will still be 99.4% Muslim, which means those same MAGAites will still have to hate Iranians because, well, #MAGA?
a man with curly hair and glasses is making a funny face .
ALT: a man with curly hair and glasses is making a funny face .
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January 13, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Waiting for the administration to release his body cam video to "prove" that this was "justified" violence. #resist
This video is the perfect encapsulation of the illegal, thuggish, unprovoked, violent conduct of ICE. Rep. @benniethompson.bsky.social, I trust that you and the House Homeland Security Committee will have interest in this.
January 13, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Waiting for the administration to release his body cam video to "prove" that this was "justified" violence. #resist
If I'm heartened by anything in all this, it's that ICE can't operate in secret and are being opposed and exposed wherever they go. #resist
January 13, 2026 at 12:26 PM
If I'm heartened by anything in all this, it's that ICE can't operate in secret and are being opposed and exposed wherever they go. #resist
Abhorrent. The principle is called "disproportionate retaliation" and is a favourite tool of authoritarian regimes in quashing dissent and resistance. No, I'm not delusional: see section 458 of the Nuremberg Trial transcripts: avalon.law.yale.edu/imt/01-07-46... #fuckice #reneenicolegood #resist
January 12, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Abhorrent. The principle is called "disproportionate retaliation" and is a favourite tool of authoritarian regimes in quashing dissent and resistance. No, I'm not delusional: see section 458 of the Nuremberg Trial transcripts: avalon.law.yale.edu/imt/01-07-46... #fuckice #reneenicolegood #resist
Reposted by Brent van Staalduinen | Writer, Resister, Human.
Welcome to Minnesota, fuckers. Also this is super disturbing because the ICE agent's assault rifle appears to fire as he falls down.
This was filmed by a friend near Chicago and Lake last night.
This was filmed by a friend near Chicago and Lake last night.
January 9, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Welcome to Minnesota, fuckers. Also this is super disturbing because the ICE agent's assault rifle appears to fire as he falls down.
This was filmed by a friend near Chicago and Lake last night.
This was filmed by a friend near Chicago and Lake last night.
In these times, I can defs get behind a #giantkiller narrative, and this is very, very cool. Come on, #macclesfieldfc! #facup
January 10, 2026 at 1:57 PM
In these times, I can defs get behind a #giantkiller narrative, and this is very, very cool. Come on, #macclesfieldfc! #facup
I want this to be somehow symbolic of the times, but shoot, it's way too playful and delightful. Ugh. How can I still get a #fuckice in here without it sounding forced?
January 10, 2026 at 1:53 PM
I want this to be somehow symbolic of the times, but shoot, it's way too playful and delightful. Ugh. How can I still get a #fuckice in here without it sounding forced?
USAJesus™ said it best: "Verily, if thou hast managest to taketh the American Dream, especially if thou art of pale skin, thou canst ignore the plight of those who have not pulleth up their bootstraps, are of pigmented skin, or who have arriveth seeking succour; they are not deserving of thy grace."
January 9, 2026 at 3:28 PM
USAJesus™ said it best: "Verily, if thou hast managest to taketh the American Dream, especially if thou art of pale skin, thou canst ignore the plight of those who have not pulleth up their bootstraps, are of pigmented skin, or who have arriveth seeking succour; they are not deserving of thy grace."
When Trump dies, does the horrorshitshow fall apart without a figurehead, or is it big enough now to be unstoppable?
January 9, 2026 at 2:20 PM
When Trump dies, does the horrorshitshow fall apart without a figurehead, or is it big enough now to be unstoppable?
Yup.
January 9, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Yup.