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Mike
@mikeofthewest.bsky.social
Watching all the movies, drinking all the smoothies
Vancouver and North Shore, music, beer
Many Rivers to Cross, Jimmy
November 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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The oldest brewing school in the U.S. is leaving Chicago for Canada, citing Trump visa restrictions. blockclubchi.co/4oaLGmn
November 21, 2025 at 7:56 PM
And I went to the doctor, I went to the mountains
I looked to the children, I drank from the fountains
There's more than one answer to these questions
Pointing me in a crooked line
And the less I seek my source for some definitive
Closer I am to fine, yeah
November 23, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Really loved this. youtu.be/qIol9hig2G4
Geese - Getting Killed | From The Basement
YouTube video by From The Basement
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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The Rubber Duck Museum in Point Roberts, Washington is moving across the border to Tsawwassen Mills, BC.
The owners say Canadians have stopped coming, and tariffs have driven up the cost of ducks.
Listen Here: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
November 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Tom forever 👕
November 21, 2025 at 5:52 PM
More of this please! youtu.be/61I4hlig78w?...
"Join ICE" - Jesse Welles (LIVE on The Late Show)
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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"Kitimat: It's Not For Everyone."

There's a new #1 in the ranking of B.C. small town slogans.
November 20, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Corb is definitely one of the good guys
CTV: Alberta musician and rancher Corb Lund has filed a new application for a citizen's initiative petition to stop coal mining on the eastern slopes of the Rockies.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fQV...
Musician Corb Lund files application for petition to stop coal mining in the rockies
YouTube video by CTV News
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:31 AM
So I guess it’s been 10 years since I caught them on the 30th anniversary album tour
The Jesus And Mary Chain’s debut album ‘Psychocandy’ came out 40 years ago today 💿
November 18, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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You know you can always judge a book by its cover. Look at this nice book about bears.
November 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Absolutely horrendous version of jingle bell rock at the grocery store is the first xmas song of the year
November 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Huh, I find this odder than the Miss Chile death metal vocalist
The Avett Brothers & Mike Patton announced a 2026 tour for their new collaborative album AVTT/PTTN, which is out today. www.brooklynvegan.com/the-avett-br...
November 14, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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OK, I am now understanding why the rich ruling class wants generative AI to write their emails for them.
November 13, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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Happy 80th to Neil Percival Young
The Loner (2009 Remaster)
YouTube video by Neil Young - Topic
music.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Got a preview of the thinking behind the COV budget via the mayor's former bagel joint on the corner. Opened strong & seemingly credibly, then relentlessly hiked prices & cut corners, its revolving door of staff looking more & more miserable, til only tourists who didn't know any better ate there.
November 13, 2025 at 2:15 AM
600 people signed up to speak to council on City of Vancouver's proposed 2026 budget. SIX HUNDRED. And they're pissed.
November 13, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Bit of good news - Makeway with an $86 million gift from Mackenzie Scott makeway.org/in-the-news/...
Stewarding a Transformative Gift from MacKenzie Scott - MakeWay
At MakeWay, we often talk about what’s possible when resources and relationships move together in support of community-led change. Recently, that possibility
makeway.org
November 12, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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DESPITE ALL MY RAGE
LET'S CIRCLE BACK
AND GET ON THE SAME PAGE

DESPITE ALL MY RAGE THERE ARE STILL SEVERAL METRICS TO GAUGE

SOMEONE WILL SAY
TURN THIS IN
BY THE END OF THE DAY

DESPITE ALL MY RAGE
YOU DON'T NEED MY SIGN-OFF
AT THIS STAGE
November 11, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Just had a random memory of seeing Lou Reed perform Neil Young's Helpless at Hal Willner's Neil Young Project in 2010. Turns out there's a recording: youtu.be/vBgFviunIB4?...
Lou Reed - "Helpless" (Neil Young cover)
YouTube video by Tree Library
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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Members of Refused have announced their debut album as Backengrillen.

"The basic idea is to take a death/doom metal, or noiserock riff and play it until it loses meaning and then break it apart like a ravenous cat would a tiny forest mouse,” they write.

Hear lead single “A Hate Inferior.”
Refused Members Announce Debut Backengrillen Album: Hear "A Hate Inferior"
Refused are still playing their last shows as Refused, but they’re also launching their new project already. Backengrillen has three out of four Refused members: vocalist Dennis Lyxzén, bassist Magnus...
stereogum.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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I had to print out some forms that were on my Google, and I don’t have a printer so I went to the FedEx store to use theirs. As I’m typing in my Google password I do my usual look around to see if there are eyes or devices, and for whatever reason I also decided to look up, and wft
November 11, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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Why should investors choose Canada over the USA for business?

PM Carney: “We have rule of law.”
Carney says Canada has "rule of law" when asked why investors should choose it over the US
YouTube video by Global News
www.youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM