Calvin Reynolds
@cjrey.bsky.social
Music & classic film lover, racer at heart, historian of sorts, failed poet & humourist.
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Having seen them in the previous December at The El Mo, I was back for this one. I believe your first Waterboys show @cjrey.bsky.social?
November 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Having seen them in the previous December at The El Mo, I was back for this one. I believe your first Waterboys show @cjrey.bsky.social?
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Zohran Mamdani's best ad yet.
January 2, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Zohran Mamdani's best ad yet.
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Question: But the president’s statements that he believed the election was rife with fraud—those are statements protected by the First Amendment, correct?
Smith: Absolutely not. If they are made to target a lawful government function and are made with knowing falsity, then no, they are not.
Smith: Absolutely not. If they are made to target a lawful government function and are made with knowing falsity, then no, they are not.
December 31, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Question: But the president’s statements that he believed the election was rife with fraud—those are statements protected by the First Amendment, correct?
Smith: Absolutely not. If they are made to target a lawful government function and are made with knowing falsity, then no, they are not.
Smith: Absolutely not. If they are made to target a lawful government function and are made with knowing falsity, then no, they are not.
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The story was always already about an impoverished unmarried couple facing a pitiless bureaucracy, having a baby in a barn, and then having to hide from a tyrant. The baby grew up to say that the poor were blessed and the neighbor is he who shows mercy. You can’t hide from the politics of all that.
This year, statues of tall men clad in all black with masks drawn up to hide their faces are disrupting the serenity of a Charlotte church's Nativity scene.
The figures are depicted approaching the Holy Family and the Wise Men with handcuffs as if preparing to make an arrest.
The figures are depicted approaching the Holy Family and the Wise Men with handcuffs as if preparing to make an arrest.
As anti-ICE Nativity scenes spark outrage, faith leaders grapple with politics at the pulpit | CNN
As Nativity scenes depicting ICE draw attention and outrage, faith leaders are grappling with politics in religion and urging a closer reading of the Christmas story.
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December 31, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The story was always already about an impoverished unmarried couple facing a pitiless bureaucracy, having a baby in a barn, and then having to hide from a tyrant. The baby grew up to say that the poor were blessed and the neighbor is he who shows mercy. You can’t hide from the politics of all that.
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Smith: He was getting calls from people he trusts, people he relies on—and he still refused to come to the aid of the people at the Capitol. That’s very important evidence for criminal intent in our case.
December 31, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Smith: He was getting calls from people he trusts, people he relies on—and he still refused to come to the aid of the people at the Capitol. That’s very important evidence for criminal intent in our case.
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In case you were wondering, Jack Smith's testimony was the *opposite* of "total exoneration."
December 31, 2025 at 10:54 PM
In case you were wondering, Jack Smith's testimony was the *opposite* of "total exoneration."
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every year on the 17th December i remember the Lord of the Rings cinematic release days, it was always this sort of time, they were genuinely a great time in my life.
December 17, 2025 at 9:48 AM
every year on the 17th December i remember the Lord of the Rings cinematic release days, it was always this sort of time, they were genuinely a great time in my life.
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This is wild!
You know the Vanity Fair article with Susie Wiles that everyone’s talking about?
Yeah. This is basically the audio version Narrated by Nicolle Wallace, and it’s not “taken out of context”. ☠️😭
You know the Vanity Fair article with Susie Wiles that everyone’s talking about?
Yeah. This is basically the audio version Narrated by Nicolle Wallace, and it’s not “taken out of context”. ☠️😭
December 17, 2025 at 3:07 AM
This is wild!
You know the Vanity Fair article with Susie Wiles that everyone’s talking about?
Yeah. This is basically the audio version Narrated by Nicolle Wallace, and it’s not “taken out of context”. ☠️😭
You know the Vanity Fair article with Susie Wiles that everyone’s talking about?
Yeah. This is basically the audio version Narrated by Nicolle Wallace, and it’s not “taken out of context”. ☠️😭
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Thou shalt not declare war to distract from the Epstein files! It won’t work, you prick.
Donold, you will get what is coming to you, you evil bastard.
Donold, you will get what is coming to you, you evil bastard.
Thou Shalt Not Declare War To Distract From The Epstein Files
It's beginning to look like a war on Christmas…
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December 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Thou shalt not declare war to distract from the Epstein files! It won’t work, you prick.
Donold, you will get what is coming to you, you evil bastard.
Donold, you will get what is coming to you, you evil bastard.
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Like many others I was probably formed by Rob Reiner’s movies more than I realized. I met him once and was struck by the practical efforts he made to translate his powerful understanding of people and how they relate to one another into a more durable and kinder form of democratic politics. (1/2)
December 17, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Like many others I was probably formed by Rob Reiner’s movies more than I realized. I met him once and was struck by the practical efforts he made to translate his powerful understanding of people and how they relate to one another into a more durable and kinder form of democratic politics. (1/2)
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I wish I could talk with him again. What a loss for the country. (2/2)
December 17, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I wish I could talk with him again. What a loss for the country. (2/2)
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"The notion that all elected officials have are their thoughts and prayers, regardless of by whom it is uttered, is a direct attack on the purpose of government itself."
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snyder.substack.com/p/what-a-ter...
What a terrible thing it is
Mass shootings as regime change
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December 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
"The notion that all elected officials have are their thoughts and prayers, regardless of by whom it is uttered, is a direct attack on the purpose of government itself."
snyder.substack.com/p/what-a-ter...
snyder.substack.com/p/what-a-ter...
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My heart is with my beautiful alma mater right now. We should treasure universities.
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Police search for suspects after shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island – latest updates
Suspect or suspects at large as Ivy League university tells students to take shelter during second day of final exams
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December 13, 2025 at 11:35 PM
My heart is with my beautiful alma mater right now. We should treasure universities.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
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December 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Buttigieg on Indiana: "The big part of how Trumpism works is to make you feel totally disempowered. To make him feel inevitable. And yet the clear takeaway from this is he is not unstoppable and you are not without power."
December 12, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Buttigieg on Indiana: "The big part of how Trumpism works is to make you feel totally disempowered. To make him feel inevitable. And yet the clear takeaway from this is he is not unstoppable and you are not without power."
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How to buy yourself a needy malignant narcissist? Just offer him a phony, made up "Peace Prize" & he's all your's!!!
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
December 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM
How to buy yourself a needy malignant narcissist? Just offer him a phony, made up "Peace Prize" & he's all your's!!!
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
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I'm looking forward to seeing Erasure's Andy Bell in concert tonight in Toronto at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre. The first time I saw him perform with Erasure was in 1986 at The Copa!! @cjrey.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I'm looking forward to seeing Erasure's Andy Bell in concert tonight in Toronto at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre. The first time I saw him perform with Erasure was in 1986 at The Copa!! @cjrey.bsky.social
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"No, No Joe" by Silver Convention was a #14 Billboard Disco Chart favourite from 1976.
#disco #dance #musichistory
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#disco #dance #musichistory
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Silver Convention "No, no, Joe"
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October 21, 2025 at 8:38 PM
"No, No Joe" by Silver Convention was a #14 Billboard Disco Chart favourite from 1976.
#disco #dance #musichistory
youtu.be/sTfLGTA9O0o?...
#disco #dance #musichistory
youtu.be/sTfLGTA9O0o?...
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We need to remove the cancer in the Oval Office to restore funding to children’s cancer research.
October 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
We need to remove the cancer in the Oval Office to restore funding to children’s cancer research.
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I am completely awestruck by the ease with which Mike Johnson lies on a daily basis. I'll never understand how such a transparently fraudulent "man of faith" can live with themselves. Life is too short to be that phony.
October 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I am completely awestruck by the ease with which Mike Johnson lies on a daily basis. I'll never understand how such a transparently fraudulent "man of faith" can live with themselves. Life is too short to be that phony.
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I’m disgusted by the photos of Ttump’s demolition at the East Wing, but I’m even more sickened by the renderings of his mar-a-lago ballroom dwarfing our White House. Once we’re rid of this despicable man, that ballroom must also be removed.
October 21, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I’m disgusted by the photos of Ttump’s demolition at the East Wing, but I’m even more sickened by the renderings of his mar-a-lago ballroom dwarfing our White House. Once we’re rid of this despicable man, that ballroom must also be removed.