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Everlearner
@jimcliffe.bsky.social
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Retired electron wrangler. Astronomer, artist, ham radio operator, and occasional cat herder. Living with the love of my life and blessed beyond anything I have any right to expect.
Victoria, B.C. Call sign VE7HAR.
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bacullenyyc.bsky.social
Elbows up!
Political Cartoon Caption: Fact check EVERYTHING TRUMP SAID ABOUT THE GORDIE HOWE BRIDGE WAS WRONG: Showing Gordie Howe with his elbow raised over a fallen Trump with the referee saying “HE SHIT HIMSELF AGAIN”
February 11, 2026 at 3:49 AM
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exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social
I just stumbled across this and thought some of you might like to see it. A letter from E.B. White to a man who'd written he'd lost all hope:
Dear Mr. Nadeau: As long as there is one upright man, as long as there is one compassionate woman, the contagion may spread and the scene is not desolate. Hope is the thing that is left to us, in a bad time. I shall get up Sunday morning and wind the clock, as a contribution to order and steadfastness. Sailors have an expression about the weather: they say, the weather is a great bluffer. I guess the same is true of our human society — things can look dark, then a break shows in the clouds, and all is changed, sometimes rather suddenly. It is quite obvious that the human race has made a queer mess of life on this planet. But as a people we probably harbor seeds of goodness that have lain for a long time waiting to sprout when the conditions are right. Man’s curiosity, his relentlessness, his inventiveness, his ingenuity have led him into deep trouble. We can only hope that these same traits will enable him to claw his way out. Hang on to your hat. Hang on to your hope. And wind the clock, for tomorrow is another day. Sincerely, E. B. White
February 10, 2026 at 8:18 PM
jimcliffe.bsky.social
Alex Vriend, Daniel Tyrie, and Othman Mekhloufi. Watch for them!
#whitenationalists #farright #canpol #racists #whitesupremisists
jenstden.bsky.social Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 8d
A former OneBC staffer previously participated in a Spaces call with the leaders of white nationalist/"Canadian nationalist" organizations.

They talked about deporting 10 million people and joked about throwing "millions of Punjabis" into the sea. 1/3 thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...
Inside the Far-Right Push to Influence Canadian Political Parties | The Tyee
A conference call shows a political operative with past Conservative connections advising several white nationalist groups.
thetyee.ca
February 6, 2026 at 9:20 PM
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memestarnsfw.bsky.social
February 4, 2026 at 10:37 PM
jimcliffe.bsky.social
Judge it not, Heaven! Thy ministers have done it!
lalahaenzy.com Omg. WTF is Happening? @lalahaenzy.com · 10d
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 6:02 PM
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assignedmale.bsky.social
No particular reason.
4 frame comic. First frame shows a set of keys, second shows the store Gummi with a banner reading, in German : Stamm und Bassermann / früher Gummi Weil. Third frame shows passersby looking at smashed storefront windows. Fourth shows a tweet by US homeland security that reads : Want affordable housing? Help report illegal aliens in your area. Call 866-DHS-2-ICE. If you are an illegal alien, you can take control of your departure using DHS.gov/cbphome . text reads : according to the Berlin Jewish museum, the nazi term "aryanization" referred to "the process of expropriation or confiscating Jewish people's property [businesses, stores, homes, land, etc] and handing it over to non-jewish ("aryan," in Nazi usage) individuals or companies, or to the state." in his book "Holocaust justice," Shoah historian michael bazyler estimates that between $230 and $320 billions (in 2005 u.s. dollars) in properties were stolen from Jews across Europe in the different waves of aryanization. the first wave, starting in 1933, involved heavy pressure on Jewish people to sell their properties to non-jewish people at a fraction of the price. after the pogroms of November 1938 ("Kristallnacht"), jewish owners were outright evicted and dispossessed. thinking about this today for no particular reason.
February 5, 2026 at 3:10 PM
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charlieangus104.bsky.social
A recent article suggests that Canadians who question the purchase of the F-35 are emotional and driven by deep-seated anti-Americanism.
Such is the view of those promoting the "interoperability" of our planes with US forces.
What if the threat is from the US?
My latest:
substack.com/home/post/p-...
On Gaslighting, Treason and the F-35
In another life, I did freelance news reporting for both CBC and the provincial broadcaster, Studio 2.
substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:54 PM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
After ICE killed Renée Good and Alex Pretti, the Trump administration tried to tell us we didn’t see what we saw with our own eyes. Shane Snow’s essay breaks down how governments manipulate media to rewrite reality—and how to spot it before it can take root.
How To Tell You’re Being Manipulated By A Story
Three rules of thumb for navigating manipulative waters.
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:32 PM
jimcliffe.bsky.social
CHORD, the successor to CHIME at the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory near Penticton, BC.
#astronomy #radioastronomy #DRAO #CHIME #CHORD

www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/scien...
To probe the cosmos, hundreds of radio dishes take root in B.C.’s Okanagan Valley
CHORD, once built, will scour for signals that offer clues to the origin and fate of the universe
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:01 PM
jimcliffe.bsky.social
Morning doodle. I was going for a smiling fish, but this is what I got.
#fish #doodle #morningart #drawing
Pencil drawing of a fish trying to smile.
January 26, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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badideas.bsky.social
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
January 25, 2026 at 1:18 AM
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charlieangus104.bsky.social
The Jeff Bezos team at the Washington Post are accusing Canada of "trolling" Trump by signing a trade deal with China.
They say we will regret it.
Fuck off Washington.
There, I said it.
January 20, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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whitecrow43.bsky.social
Too many American citizens obviously were not paying attention in their History classes.
mindcite.bsky.social Mindcite💥 @mindcite.bsky.social · 28d
It doesn’t take a Nobel laureate to understand that history doesn't lie.

And that from Nazi Germany to GOP America, fascist leaders who invade other countries to install handpicked governments while demonizing or terrorizing everyone in their country who opposes them, do.
January 18, 2026 at 2:15 PM
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yulnative.bsky.social
@laura-babcock.bsky.social @charlieangus104.bsky.social No doubt you will like this one.
January 9, 2026 at 4:46 PM
jimcliffe.bsky.social
So... SD? Or SS? The jackboot fits.
January 8, 2026 at 6:44 AM
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xkcd.com
Conic Sections

xkcd.com/3189/
Comic. [Earth next to a satellite with an orbit around the planet shaped like a dome.] [caption] All Keplerian orbits are conic sections. For example, this one uses the base of the cone.
January 5, 2026 at 8:52 PM
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saltybitchables.bsky.social
Coveting your neighbor’s shit, good enough for tRump.

#Pinks #ProudBlue #StrongerTogether #Resist #FucktRump #Venezuela #Cuba #Greenland
January 5, 2026 at 12:31 PM
jimcliffe.bsky.social
What you can't see is the toes twitching.
#cat #sleepingcat #relaxed
Relaxed orange and white cat.
January 5, 2026 at 7:38 PM
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georgetakei.bsky.social George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Dec 27
This message hits hard.
Graphic with a blue background and large white text reading “DEAR AMERICAN FRIENDS.” Below is a screenshot of a post explaining that Canada does not have CBS, that a “60 Minutes” episode aired normally in Canada, and stating that Canadian networks are not subject to U.S. government interference. The post ends with “We’re not under a dictatorship. You are.”
December 28, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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swordscomic.bsky.social
It's 4:20pm.
December 23, 2025 at 3:20 AM
jimcliffe.bsky.social
I don't need an alarm clock. I've got a cat!
December 23, 2025 at 9:36 PM
jimcliffe.bsky.social
December 7, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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jasoncopland.bsky.social
Support artists and small business directly. Billionaires don't deserve more of your money.
December 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
jimcliffe.bsky.social
Nightmare fuel indeed!
December 4, 2025 at 8:49 PM
jimcliffe.bsky.social
This is a sure sign that humans are too stupid to live...
faineg.bsky.social Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · Dec 2
I can only assume the people who made this poisonous-mushroom shaped teething toy for babies are in fact enacting a devious plot to reduce the global baby population

www.thenaturalbabyco.com/products/oli...
次了（ Home / OLI & CAROL SPOT THE MUSHROOM
December 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM